1997 Asian Cross Country Championships
# 1997 Asian Cross Country Championships

The 4th Asian Cross Country Championships took place 1997 in Chiba, Japan.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Senior Men Individual | Saad Shadad Al-Asmari (KSA) | Jafar Babakhani (IRI) | Osamu Nara (JPN) |
| Senior Men Team | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | Iran (IRI) | Japan (JPN) |
| Junior Men Individual | Mohammed Alshinan Safed (KSA) | Shinichiro Okuda (JPN) | Yoshitaka Iwamizu (JPN) |
| Junior Men Team | Japan (JPN) | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | China (CHN) |
| Senior Women Individual | Chiemi Takahashi (JPN) | Yang Siyu (CHN) | Sachie Ozaki (JPN) |
| Senior Women Team | Japan (JPN) | China (CHN) | India (IND) |
| Junior Women Individual | Kumiko Hiyama (JPN) | Emiko Kojima (JPN) | Yuko Manabe (JPN) |
| Junior Women Team | Japan (JPN) | China (CHN) | Republic of Korea (KOR) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
